Aortic Root Replacement in Octogenarians Offers Acceptable Perioperative and Late Outcomes

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• 作者：Robert A. Sorabella ; MD ; Yeu Sanz Wu ; BA ; Amanda Bader ; BA ; Min Jeong Kim ; BS ; Craig R. Smith ; MD ; Hiroo Takayama ; MD ; PhD ; Michael A. Borger ; MD ; PhD ; Isaac George ; MD ; ^{ig2006@cumc.columbia.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 刊名：The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：101
• 期：3
• 页码：967-972
• 全文大小：167 K

文摘

As the proportion of the population more than 80 years of age increases, cardiac surgeons will increasingly be consulted to operate on this high-risk patient group. The aim of this study is to evaluate the perioperative and late outcomes of octogenarians undergoing aortic root replacement in comparison with younger patients.

Methods

All patients undergoing aortic root replacement at our institution between 2005 and 2012 (n = 592) were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were stratified according to their age at surgery: patients less than 80 years old (group LT80, n = 558) and octogenarians (group OG, n = 34). Primary outcomes of interest were inhospital mortality and perioperative complication rate.

Results

Patients in the OG group had significantly higher rates of preoperative stroke history, atrial fibrillation, and coronary artery disease. Indication for surgery was type A aortic dissection in 62 (10.5%), thoracic aortic aneurysm in 514 (86.8%), and endocarditis in 11 (1.9%), with no intergroup differences. Inhospital mortality was not significantly different between groups (5.9% OG versus 2.3% LT80, p = 0.21), and postoperative atrial fibrillation was more common in OG (60.6% OG versus 38.5% LT80, p = 0.01). Type A dissection, diabetes mellitus, and prior cardiac surgery were independent predictors of inhospital mortality or postoperative stroke.

Conclusions

Octogenarians can safely undergo aortic root replacement with moderately worse but acceptable perioperative mortality and late survival. Further studies are necessary to determine which subset of octogenarians are at the highest operative risk and may benefit from a conservative approach.